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  • Iran: Green Hits the Streets

    07/03/2009 5:52:17 PM PDT · by Cyrus the Great · 12 replies · 514+ views
    fsm ^ | 7/3/09 | Slater Bakhtavar
    To All Humanity: My freedom is yours. You won't be free unless you help me to get my freedom. Don't remain silent while in the dark of night you hear screams of mothers for the lives of their kids. Don't cover your ears when you hear the cries of the children for their mothers and fathers who have been shot by hooligans. They're trying to silence them and me and take away the thirst for freedom when they are done with us they will look for you. Yes, my friend, my freedom is your freedom. Therefore, I beg you, to...
  • VIDEO: Unity with the People of Iran

    06/17/2009 8:58:10 AM PDT · by Cyrus the Great · 19 replies · 618+ views
    Youtube ^ | 6/17/09 | Youtube
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  • Carter Administration's Dilemma: Iran's Theocracy

    05/29/2009 9:58:39 PM PDT · by Cyrus the Great · 1 replies · 299+ views
    Payvand ^ | 5/29/09 | Slater bakhtavar
    "I did not know it then – perhaps I did not want to know – but it is clear to me now that the Americans wanted me out. Clearly this is what the human rights advocates in the State Department wanted … What was I to make of the Administration's sudden decision to call former Under Secretary of State George Ball to the White House as an adviser on Iran? Ball was among those Americans who wanted to abandon me and ultimately my country." – Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, The Shah of Iran These were the words uttered by the distraught...
  • Difference Between Iranians And Arabs

    05/02/2009 1:45:10 PM PDT · by Cyrus the Great · 53 replies · 1,368+ views
    Thomas Keyes ^ | 2/7/05 | Thomas Keyes
    Many Americans seem to entertain the illusion that Iranians are Arabs. This may be due to the fact that many people in both communities practise Islam, which I'll mention below. Another coincidence that may have contributed to this confusion is the apparent similarity of the names Iran and Iraq. It is true that the Persian language and the Arabic share the same alphabet, namely the Arabic alphabet, which was imposed upon the Iranians centuries ago. But originally Persian had its own alphabet. Anyway, in Arabic script the names of the countries are entirely different, 'Iraq' beginning with the letter 'ain'...
  • Look Beyond Iran's Nuclear Program, Urges Shah's Son

    05/02/2009 9:11:32 AM PDT · by Cyrus the Great · 16 replies · 544+ views
    US News ^ | 5/2/09 | Thomas Omestad
    Pahlavi, son of the late shah of Iran, acknowledged that sentiment in Washington for launching a dialogue with Iran's hard-line rulers is growing. But the administration should also "open a line of dialogue with the democratic opposition," he said. Pahlavi lives in Maryland and remains an active presence among Iranian exiles in the United States and Europe who oppose the Shiite cleric-led government in Tehran, which took power in 1979 after a revolution that deposed his late father. He spoke of the continuing "quest for democracy" in Iran, adding, "We seek a secular alternative." The 48-year-old Pahlavi brushed aside a...
  • Iranians send Persian Gulf petition to Obama

    05/02/2009 8:52:21 AM PDT · by Cyrus the Great · 11 replies · 542+ views
    Press TV ^ | 5/2/09 | Press TV
    Iranians have launched an online petition to urge the US President Barack Obama to respect the Iranian identity of the Persian Gulf. The petition is a public reaction to an Obama speech on March 27 in which he referred to the Persian Gulf as 'Gulf'. The petition says that the Persian Gulf is an ancient historical reality that cannot be manipulated. Iran designated today, Thursday, April 30, as the National Persian Gulf Day to highlight the fact that the historic waterway, is part of the natural heritage of Iran. Some Arab countries have launched a campaign to change the Persian...
  • What Really Happened to the Shah of Iran? [Carter + British]

    04/15/2009 8:39:05 PM PDT · by Cyrus the Great · 16 replies · 1,353+ views
    Payvand ^ | 4/15/09 | Ernst Schroeder
    "In November 1978, President Carter named the Bilderberg group's George Ball, another member of the Trilateral Commission, to head a special White House Iran task force under the National Security Council's Brzezinski. Ball recommended that Washington drop support for the Shah of Iran and support the fundamentalistic Islamic opposition of Ayatollah Khomeini. Robert Bowie from the CIA was one of the lead 'case officers' in the new CIA-led coup against the man their covert actions had placed into power 25 years earlier. Their scheme was based on a detailed study of the phenomenon of Islamic fundamentalism, as presented by British...
  • Farrah Douglas for CA City Council (Iranian-American Republican)

    10/21/2008 8:23:38 PM PDT · by Cyrus the Great · 4 replies · 430+ views
    Farrah Douglass City Council ^ | 10/21/08 | Farrah Douglass City Council
    Farrah Douglas is one of three candidates running in the November election for a seat on the city council in Carlsbad, California. Born and educated in Iran, she married an American working there. The family moved to California at the time of revolution. Carlsbad, 30 miles north of San Diego, has a population of 100,000. Dear Carlsbad Voter, I am asking for your vote for the Carlsbad City Council. In return, I promise an open door and an open mind. I will be an available and responsive council representative who believes in a simple governing motto: “Listen, Learn, Decide, Act.”...
  • Chelebian for CA State Assembly (Iranian-American Republican)

    10/21/2008 8:17:32 PM PDT · by Cyrus the Great · 26 replies · 520+ views
    Payvand ^ | 10/21/08 | Payvand
    Los Angeles, CA, September 25, 2008 – Armineh Chelebian, a successful accountant with deep roots in San Fernando Valley's cultural and business communities, is the Republican nominee for California's 40th State Assembly District. She is seeking the seat currently occupied by Assemblymember Lloyd Levine (D) who is being termed out in 2008. If successful, Armineh will become the first Iranian-Armenian-American to be elected to the California State Assembly. Born in Iran, Armineh immigrated to the United States with her family in 1978 at the age of sixteen. Soon after, she was accepted to California State University, Northridge where she majored...
  • Happy Persian New Year to the American People & Iranians March 31st NYC

    03/12/2008 2:42:17 PM PDT · by Cyrus the Great · 5 replies · 244+ views
    Youtube ^ | 3/12/08 | Youtube
    For President Bush & AmericaShah's message Parade this year 3/31/08 New York City Parade Parade Brings Persian New Year Celebration to New York By Carrie Loewenthal USINFO Staff Writer New York -- A vibrant and spirited crowd celebrated Nowrouz, the Persian New Year, at the fourth annual Persian Parade in New York City as men and women in colorful clothing danced to traditional music and cheerfully promenaded down Madison Avenue. On March 25, Persians and non-Persians, New Yorkers and tourists, lined 15 city blocks to watch California ballet groups perform time-honored Persian dances, popular local Iranian singer Jamshid Alimorad give...
  • Video: John F. Kennedy and The Shah of Iran (Great leader of Persian History)

    10/08/2007 10:34:43 PM PDT · by Cyrus the Great · 8 replies · 623+ views
    Youtube ^ | 10-9-07 | Youtube
    God Bless the Shah of Iran and the 2,500 years of Persian Monarchy. I hope my friends find peace in this video of our historical friendship. The Shah was always supported: he fought the true war on 'terror' against fundamentalists, communists, radicals, but the US turned it's back. Shah with kennedyBUCK Carter!
  • 2,500 years of Persian Monarchy video

    09/25/2007 6:16:13 AM PDT · by Cyrus the Great · 8 replies · 119+ views
    Youtube ^ | 9/25/07 | Youtube
    The 2,500 year celebration of Iran’s monarchy consisted of an elaborate set of festivities that took place October 12-16, 1971 on the occasion of the 2,500th anniversary of the founding of the Iranian monarchy (Persian Empire) by Cyrus the Great. The intent of the celebration was to demonstrate Iran's long and magnificent history and to showcase its contemporary advancements under the administration of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran. The planning for the event took more than a decade. The Cyrus Cylinder served in the official logo as the symbol for the event. With the decision to hold the...
  • 2,500 years of Persian Monarchy vs. Islamist rule

    09/12/2007 10:29:49 PM PDT · by Cyrus the Great · 5 replies · 482+ views
    Youtube ^ | 9-13-07 | Youtube
    Video depicting life under the Persian Monarchy v. life under Islamist dictators Go Here
  • Which country held spontaneous vigils after 9/11?

    09/03/2007 7:32:58 PM PDT · by Cyrus the Great · 18 replies · 1,026+ views
    Iran ^ | 9/2/07 | Iran
    Which Middle East country held spontaneous candlelight vigils for victims of the World Trade Center Attack on 9/11? * Kuwait - No. * Saudi Arabia - No. * Israel - No. * Iran - Yes. World Trade Center under attack on 9/11/2001 Following the terrorist attacks on New York City, Washington D.C., and Pennsylvania, many people in Iran showed their support for the victims with vigils, prayers and letters only to be attacked, arrested and tortured by the Iranian government Thousands of Iranians attend candlelight vigil in Tehran. Tehran citizens show support for the WTC victims. Many Iranians show support...
  • Consequences of Jimmy Carter's implementation of human rights

    09/03/2007 6:57:38 PM PDT · by Cyrus the Great · 15 replies · 751+ views
    Iranian ^ | 8/30/07 | Slater Bakhtavar
    In the mid twentieth century, US-Iran relations prospered. Many Americans celebrated Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi as a model king. President Lyndon B. Johnson pronounced in 1964: "What is going on in Iran is about the best thing going on anywhere in the world". During the 1970's Iran's Shah propelled Iran into becoming a dynamic middle-east regional power. The Shah implemented broad economic and social reforms, including enhanced rights for women, and religious and ethnic minorities. Economic and educational reforms were adopted, initiatives to cleanse politics of social upheaval were systematized, and the civil service system was reformed. When sectors of...
  • IRAN: SOCIETY IGNORES THE GOVERNMENT'S TOUTED MORALIZATION CAMPAIGN

    05/18/2007 6:00:05 PM PDT · by Cyrus the Great · 5 replies · 895+ views
    Adkronos ^ | 5/19/07 | Adkronos
    Tehran, 18 May (AKI) - by Ahmad Rafat - Police commanders in Tehran are hailing the first results of a moralization campaign which kicked off on 27 April - citing the thousands of women admonished on the streets for not covering all their hair under the veil, the hundreds who will have to stand trial for failing to respect the new, strict Islamic dress code, all those who will have to pay hefty fines for listening to western music or for walking a dog, banned in public places in Iran as considered impure by Islam. Thousands of satellite dishes have...
  • Church in Iran: buildings may be returned

    05/17/2007 6:15:39 PM PDT · by Cyrus the Great · 2 replies · 451+ views
    Church Times UK ^ | 5/17/07 | Bill Bowder
    ALMOST 30 churches and church buildings in Iran, confiscated by the government after the 1979 revolution, could be returned as part of an understanding with the Iranian government, the future Bishop in Iran said last week after meeting Iranian officials in Tehran earlier this month. The Rt Revd Azad Marshall is Episcopal Vicar General in Iran, and is due to be installed as diocesan Bishop in Tehran on 5 August. He will continue to be Bishop in the Arabian Gulf. “At the revolution, the Church lost 29 schools, institutions, and churches, confiscated by the authorities. But the government has assured...
  • Iran: Whipped for Two Beers

    05/17/2007 12:32:16 PM PDT · by Cyrus the Great · 51 replies · 1,422+ views
    Aftenposten ^ | 5/17/07 | Aftenposten
    Norwegian-Iranian Mamand Mamandy had a brutal meeting with police after drinking two beers while on holiday in Iran. "It's getting better now, but I am still in great pain," Mamandy, 35, told Aftenposten.no. "My brother is a doctor, and treated me after the whipping. I was in great pain and could not sleep." Mamandy, a Kurd, explained that he was visiting his mother in Baneh, Iran in April when he was arrested by police. "We were on an outing with family and friends, six or seven in the evening, and were having a barbecue and enjoying ourselves. Altogether I drank...
  • Iran: Men and Women to be Separated in Cafes

    05/17/2007 9:21:15 AM PDT · by Cyrus the Great · 22 replies · 626+ views
    AdnKronos ^ | 5-16-07 | AdnKronos
    Tehran, 17 May (AKI) - Owners of trendy internet cafes, as well as bars and restaurants popular with young Iranians have received a letter signed by national police authorities in which new measures are announced to enforce "the country's moral health." "Public places will not be allowed to use dark windows anymore or curtains which make it impossible to view from the outside what is going on inside," said the letter, which states in particular that men and women must not be allowed inside internet cafes together but in separate days or schedules "to avoid unpleasant promiscuity." The letter does...
  • Iran after 2,500 yrs pre-1979 compared to Iran post-1979

    03/06/2007 2:18:31 PM PST · by Cyrus the Great · 6 replies · 581+ views
    YouTube ^ | 3/6/07 | YouTube
    "If I leave the middle east will be filled with terrorist ideology" - Shah of Iran reign 2,500+ years of monarchy in Iran Video for scumbag Carter. Turn on sound click here